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US 6,381,979 B1Granted
Dual containment condensation assembly
AssigneeDualTank Corp.
InventorsReinhard Schuetz, Ernest Jacobson, Wayne Bowd
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Abstract
An assembly for condensing a vapour and storing the resulting condensed liquid has a condensation unit for condensing the vapour which is located above a dual containment storage tank for storing the resulting condensed liquid.
Claims21
An apparatus for urging condensation of a vapour comprising:
- a generally cylindrical inner wall portion defining an inner chamber;
- an outer wall portion exposed to the ambient extending circumferentially about said inner wall portion forming a series of interconnected cooling chambers to define a meandering cooling path for said vapour to promote condensation of said vapour into a liquid;
- and,
- said cooling path having an inlet end for introducing said vapour thereinto, and having an opposed outlet end for escape of said liquid to a storage means and of any uncondensed vapour to said inner chamber.
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An assembly for vapour condensation and liquid storage comprising:
- (a) an aboveground containment means for receiving and storing said liquid;
- (b) a condensation assembly in fluid communication with said containment means comprising:
- (i) an inner wall defining an inner chamber;
- (ii) an outer wall extending about said inner wall to form a plurality of interconnected cooling chambers defining a meandering cooling path for said vapour along said outer wall to promote condensation of said vapour into said liquid;
- and,
- (iii) said cooling path having an inlet end for introducing said vapour thereinto, and having an opposed outlet end for escape of said liquid to said containment means and of any uncondensed vapour to said inner chamber.
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A method of urging condensation of a vapour into a liquid comprising:
- passing said vapour into an unpressurized condensation assembly;
- urging said vapour about an outer wall portion of said condensation assembly;
- promoting condensation of said vapour into said liquid by cooling said outer wall portion through exposure to the ambient;
- venting any uncondensed vapour from said outer wall portion to an inner chamber encompassed by said outer wall portion;
- and,
- providing for escape of said liquid to a containment means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.